Climate twins of Bradshaw, WV

These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Bradshaw's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.

Side-by-side: Bradshaw vs its climate twin

Top match: St. Marys, WV

Month Bradshaw St. Marys
High Low Precip High Low Precip
January 42.9°F 24.4°F 3.31 in 39.4°F 21.6°F 3.50 in
February 47.1°F 26.6°F 3.28 in 43.2°F 23.1°F 3.21 in
March 55.8°F 31.8°F 4.03 in 52.8°F 29.8°F 3.97 in
April 67.1°F 40.1°F 4.30 in 65.9°F 39.5°F 3.70 in
May 73.8°F 50.1°F 4.81 in 74.0°F 50.2°F 4.67 in
June 79.8°F 58.8°F 4.76 in 81.2°F 59.2°F 4.69 in
July 82.6°F 63.3°F 5.69 in 84.3°F 63.7°F 4.86 in
August 81.6°F 62.5°F 4.19 in 83.5°F 62.3°F 4.18 in
September 77.1°F 56.1°F 3.16 in 77.9°F 55.1°F 3.30 in
October 67.4°F 43.6°F 3.02 in 66.6°F 43.2°F 2.89 in
November 56.2°F 32.5°F 2.61 in 54.2°F 32.5°F 2.85 in
December 46.0°F 27.9°F 3.70 in 43.9°F 26.5°F 3.58 in

How this is computed

Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →